Paper planes are basically launched in positive angle upwards, because of the necessity to produce lift while it is pushed in the forward acceleration. So, in order to achieve a great flight concentrating on design also matters alot. Design in terms of choice of paper, how you fold the paper and maintaining it clean. With that in mind, Let’s make Free Glide Paper Airplane, to study that science of producing lift.
Two minutes for Noodles! isn’t it? Three minutes for Paper planes! It’s that simple with liftndrift*
Supplies Required:
- A4 Sheet of Paper or a Foolscap Paper with 70-90 GSM
- Ruler or Flat thick object to flatten the folded edges to make a strong crease.
Step 1:
- The first step is keeping your paper in horizontal — orientation over the table and make a centre crease by folding top to bottom equally and UNFOLD
- Valley fold your glide section as shown in the Fig.1
- But don’t cross the centre crease!
Step 2:
- Fold the nose down to the centre line with approximately 1 inch down to the triangle
Step 3:
- Fold the Right-hand and Left-hand corner edges to the centre crease
Step 4:
- Now, Mountain fold the hanging nose to upside and make sure it lies on the centre line
- Refer Fig.4 for any doubts
Paper Plane facts: “There is a common misconception that Lighter Paper airplanes will fly farther than heavy Paper planes“
Step 5:
- Fold the glide paper plane into half in the backside and ensure the two half sections are symmetrical to each other
Step 6:
- Now, make the wing in the direction of yellow arrow along the dotted lines in Fig.6
Step 7:
- Do the same wing making process on the other side
Step 8:
- Lift the wings gently up to have a “Front View” like shown in “Front view and Final fold“
Front view and Final fold:
Step 9:
- Good to go, Just learn some tricks for flying!
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Glide flying technique:
- Keep your left foot slightly forward and launch it in 30 – 40 degrees angle, throw it steadily with a medium force. If it fails, tweak the tail wing slightly up and try again.
- Try different angles and forces now! Wow, That’s how one learns properly with more trying and flying. Kudos!
- For More Techniques – Go to Flight Science – Science behind paper airplanes > Flying Techniques. You will find far more than any other tricks and instructions available on the internet for How to make a Paper airplane better!
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